Keeley Hawes stripped off topless in one of her earliest acting roles in 1999 in romantic drama The Last September

RACY pictures from The Bodyguard's Keeley Hawes have resurfaced showing her in a topless clinch with her leading man.

The stills are from the 1999 romantic drama The Last September and she is seen in steamy scenes with an Irish resistance soldier.

The sexy drama, which is set in 1920, sees Keeley play Lois Farquar, who goes to stay with her uncle and aunt, Sir Richard Naylor - played by Michael Gambon - and Lady Myra - played by Maggie Smith - in their country estate in Ireland.

Keeley was 23 when the film came out.

The film is based on Elizabeth Bowen's novel of the same name and had generally favourable reviews.

It's not the only slightly x-rated production Keeley has starred in.

In 1999 she featured alongside fellow British actress Rachael Stirling in the lesbian drama Tipping the Velvet, based on the best-selling book by Sarah Waters.

She played Kitty Butler, a male impersonator who starts a relationship with a naive young woman called Nan.
Keeley, 43, currently stars in the Bodyguard, a BBC political drama that has gripped the nation.

She plays The Right Honourable Julia Montague, the Home Secretary and Conservative MP for Thames West.